Comments on: Another triumph for classic modern design

By: eg

eg — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:51:51 +0000

I’d like to know how many people wonder why there is a building named after a bunch of cheesy strippers?

By: KC

KC — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:50:16 +0000

I never cared for the pediment either. I’ve been desperately trying to remember an anecdote one of my professors used to tell about Johnson and Robert Venturi insulting one another’s buildings. (Johnson made fun of the Vanna Venturi house and Venturi came up with something smart-alecky about the AT&T building.) Oh, well. I suppose it’ll come to me eventually.

By: eg

eg — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:59:46 +0000

No. I didn’t like walking across a bridge, in the dark, to be in a little windowless building where any old murderer/psycho might be lurking behind. AND it was full of spiders!

By: Judith

Judith — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:20:42 +0000

I thought that was why you hated the WV bathroom?

By: eg

eg — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:35:45 +0000

The dark alley seems a little weird. I\’ve seen worse ways than the pediment to distinguish a building — like the toilet bowl building in Tyson\’s.

And everyone knows deer aren\’t the perverts….

By: Judith

Judith — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:20:47 +0000

Oh yes, I forgot: the deer wouldn’t be able to see you get dressed or bathe.

By: Judith

Judith — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:19:24 +0000

If I told you he planned in and built a dark alley would you still like it?

I just don’t see the point of the pediment. His other skyscraper called the Lipstick building is much better, IMO.

By: eg

eg — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:33:44 +0000

The only time I think I would like the glass house is if I lived somewhere really cold and this allowed me to feel as though I were outside without actually being outside, otherwise I would just as soon have a nice screened porch and a bit more privacy. I don’t hate the Chippendale building, considering what office buildings usually look like.